Fiction

What Helena read in the summer of 2013 (the shortlisted version)

The Year of the Ladybird: A Ghost Story by Graham Joyce

The effortlessly genre defying Joyce's new novel takes place in the blistering summer of 1976. David, a young student, has come to the coastal town of Skegness to work at a holiday camp and, hopefully, watch his life begin.

What Jan read the summer of 2013

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy
Well, it started really good - bleak, dark, southern England. Then I forgot the book on a ferry in Greece... In my defense the boat *was* rocking quite heavily.

Daniel O'Malley - The Rook
This was super entertaining. Starts with a woman without memory waking up in a body she doesn't recognize in a private park in London with a dozen dead people on the ground around her all wearing rubber gloves ... And it only gets better.

Max Barry - Lexicon
Very exciting, made me think of The Magicians and The Secret History, but with more of an action feel to it. Good idea, good read.

Howard Cunnell - Marine Boy Daniel O'Malley - The Rook Max Barry - Lexicon

Anton DiSclafani - The Yonahlossee Riding Camp For Girls
I really enjoyed this; the tale of a girl in 1930 messing up and

Instructions for a Heatwave

Maggie O'Farrell
Instructions for a Heatwave
Paperback

Harvest

Jim Crace
Harvest
Trade Paperback

Almost English

Charlotte Mendelson
Almost English
Trade Paperback

The Bookstore

Deborah Meyler
The Bookstore
Trade Paperback

When Captain Flint Was Still A Good Man

Nick Dybek
When Captain Flint Was Still A Good Man
Paperback

The Luminaries

Eleanor Catton
The Luminaries
Trade Paperback

Book of the month – August

Vaddey Ratner – In The Shadow Of The Banyan is our book of the month for August.

The Fun Parts

Sam Lipsyte
The Fun Parts
Paperback

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